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  • Are You A Courageous Leader?

    At The Container Store, we’ve always believed that leadership and courage are inextricably linked. No matter if you’re on a battlefield or a sales floor, it takes a great deal of integrity, drive, and compassion to take on a leadership role and positively impact the people on your team. In the business world there are many ways to be a courageous leader and several great ones are described in the recent Forbes article,  “6 Courageous Acts of Bosses We Love.” The article keys in on these acts by

  • Training and Intuition Go Hand in Hand

    *This post is part of Co-Founder and Chairman Kip Tindell’s Thoughts on Thriving Blog Series. Read other posts in the series here. We live in a society where people are brought up to believe that only logic and not intuition should be used in business. But someone very wise once said that “intuition is the sum total of one’s life experience.” If that’s the case, why would you leave it at home when you go to work in the morning? Sure, we all need to use logic and analysis in our lives, but you’ll

  • $236,000 Raised for UNICEF USA’s Let Us Learn Program

    This summer we launched an effort to raise money for UNICEF USA and we’re so proud to announce that this campaign raised $236,000! These funds will be used to bring educational opportunities to children worldwide, providing them with the tools they need to help lift themselves and their communities out of poverty. Because of the incredibly generous support of our AMAZING customers, UNICEF USA will continue to elevate their Let Us Learn program. Let Us Learn is a UNICEF initiative bringing

  • Now Hiring Great People for the Holidays!

    Need some extra cash for the holiday season? If so, you should consider applying for a part time seasonal position at The Container Store! We need great people to help out in our Stores, Customer Solutions Department, and Distribution Center during the upcoming holiday season and our Annual elfa Sale. Here are just a few of the benefits:A GREAT employee discount! Did you know that all of our employees (both full-time and part-time) receive a 50% discount on elfa and 40% discount on other

  • Proud to be One of FORTUNE’s Best Workplaces for Women!

    We’re proud to announce that FORTUNE and Great Place to Work have named The Container Store one of the country’s 2017 Best Workplaces for Women! The creators of the list considered more than 400,000 employee surveys from hundreds of businesses and took into account women’s assessment of their organization’s culture, leadership, and fairness, among other factors essential for a great workplace. More specifically, organizations that made the list were evaluated on: Key metrics for a great

  • How “Hackathons” Jump-start Innovation

    Our Information Systems team at The Container Store recently held our first-ever “hackathon.” For those new to the term, a hackathon is an event where computer programmers, software developers, project managers, and other IT experts come together to collaborate on a short-term project. It’s an intensive but fun way to engage both our creativity and problem solving skills, and the resulting ideas and camaraderie have been tremendous. Though the word “hacking” tends to bring up thoughts of